How to Use touchpad in a Sentence

touchpad

noun
  • The company describes it as the world's first hands-free touchpad.
    Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Our only real downsides were the small-feeling keyboard and touchpad.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
  • Both have an 8-megapixel camera that seemed quite good, a quad-speaker audio system, and a large touchpad.
    Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • The six-sensor haptic touchpad is a spacious 17 square inches that runs right to the front edge of the laptop.
    John Loeffler, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026
  • The keyboard and touchpad are both comfortable, and port selection is solid.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The keyboard and touchpad are both good-sized and well-built, and port selection is solid but not exceptional.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This laptop's front end, beneath the keyboard and touchpad, appears to be only a few millimeters thick.
    Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • MouthPad is a touchpad that sits over the upper teeth like a slim dental retainer and is controlled with the tip of the tongue.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Multitasking is a breeze, battery life is epic, and the keyboard and touchpad both feel amazing, as does the all-aluminum build.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The keyboard is flush, and the touchpad is invisible for a futuristic feel.
    Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • That expansive touchpad gives you room to gesture and tap, and the haptic response gives you feedback for every action.
    John Burek, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • The rest of the machine is just as good, with a high-end all aluminum chassis, flush keyboard and invisible edgeless touchpad.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
  • If such a device ever arrives, these controls would presumably work on the screen, in addition to the touchpad.
    Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • The rest of the machine is just as good, with a high-end all-aluminum chassis, a flush keyboard, and an invisible edgeless touchpad.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The touchpad, too, is a standard hinge mechanism, but only full testing will reveal how either feels in regular use.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • The keyboard and touchpad also worked great, with satisfying haptic feedback.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • The keyboard is joined by the largest haptic touchpad Microsoft has ever put on a Surface device.
    John Burek, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • Also of note is the return to physical buttons for the function key row, subtle border lines on the touchpad, and grille-free speakers beneath the keyboard for potent sound.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The seamless haptic touchpad and flush, edge-to-edge keyboard are out in favor of a more traditional lattice keyboard and a mechanical-click touchpad.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • The keyboard and touchpad are areas where Dell dials back from the higher-end XPS 14 and 16.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • The touchpad uses adjustable haptic feedback for even more precision and sensitivity.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The full-sized keyboard has a dedicated number pad, which isn't common, and we were impressed by the smooth, responsive OceanGlass touchpad.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
  • How the MouthPad works MouthPad sits over your upper teeth, with a pressure-sensitive touchpad positioned against the roof of your mouth.
    Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • By 2013, Tactus brought us the innovative rising button touchpad.
    New Atlas, 18 July 2026
  • The keys are in a traditional lattice layout (rather than a flush edge-to-edge design), and the touchpad is a more basic mechanical touchpad (as opposed to the larger systems’ glass haptic touchpad).
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • In particular, this XPS 13 lacks the seamless invisible touchpad and flush keyboard of its more expensive counterparts, plus some less obvious elements, like a 4K webcam.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
  • Microsoft substantially updated the haptics in its Surface Laptop touchpad for the latest version, developing APIs that software engineers can use to create haptic sensations in their apps.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • Under the flush keyboard and invisible touchpad, the XPS 14 is powered by a potent Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor with 16 cores.
    Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 16 July 2026

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